New England Distribution

Non-native: introduced
(intentionally or
unintentionally); has become naturalized.

County documented: documented
to exist in the county by
evidence (herbarium specimen, photograph). Also covers
those considered historical (not seen in 20 years).

State documented: never been
documented from the
county, but known from the state. May be present. Or,
may be restricted to a small area or a habitat (alpine,
marsh, etc.), so unlikely found in some
counties.

Note: when native and non-native
populations both exist in a county, only native status
is shown on the map.

North America Distribution

Facts About

Graceful (or slender) cinquefoil is native to most of North America, but regarded as introduced in New England, where it has been collected only in northern New Hampshire. Its gray-green leaves are very fuzzy, as are its stems. This perennial plant produces yellow flowers in June and July, which are pollinated by bees.

Habitat

Meadows and fields

Characteristics

Habitat

terrestrial

New England state

New Hampshire

Flower petal color

yellow

Leaf type

the leaves are compound (made up of two or more discrete leaflets

Leaf arrangement

alternate: there is one leaf per node along the stem

Leaf blade edges

the edge of the leaf blade has teeth

Flower symmetry

there are two or more ways to evenly divide the flower (the flower is radially symmetrical)